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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
23 816 775
Area
36 193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2026
Animalia 1779
Bacteria 872
Fungi 594
Chromista 352
Protozoa 181
Archaea 7
Viruses 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Taiwan

Rice moth

Corcyra cephalonica

Not Evaluated

Cladonia ciliata

Least Concern

Roseibium album

Not Evaluated

leaf coral

Montipora foliosa

Near Threatened

leaf coral

Pavona duerdeni

Least Concern

leaf coral

Pavona cactus

Vulnerable

leaf coral

Pavona frondifera

Least Concern

leaf coral

Pavona varians

Least Concern

leaf coral

Pavona venosa

Vulnerable

Leafhopper

Alnetoidia alneti

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Cicadella viridis

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Evacanthus interruptus

Least Concern

Flame lily

Gloriosa superba

Least Concern

narrow-leaf paperbark

Melaleuca alternifolia

Not Evaluated

Dead Man'S Fingers

Codium fragile

Not Evaluated

Locust Blowfly

Stomorhina lunata

Not Evaluated

Fish-bone Cassia

Chamaecrista mimosoides

Least Concern

Maruca pod borer

Maruca vitrata

Not Evaluated

Roseomonas gilardii

Not Evaluated

Lobster cockroach

Nauphoeta cinerea

Not Evaluated

Flat Fruited Pelt

Peltigera horizontalis

Endangered

Cheese skipper

Piophila casei

Not Evaluated

leaf coral

Pavona clavus

Least Concern

Pale chrysanthemum aphid

Coloradoa rufomaculata

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Aphrodes bicincta

Least Concern

Mite

Cheyletus eruditus

Not Evaluated

Aphanothece saxicola

Not Evaluated

Wedge-shaped beetle

Ripidius pectinicornis

Not Evaluated

Chinese Edible Frog

Hoplobatrachus rugulosus

Least Concern

Japanese jumper worm

Amynthas corticis

Not Evaluated

Chinese cork oak

Quercus variabilis

Least Concern

Asian netvein hollyfern

Cyrtomium fortunei

Not Evaluated

arching bushweed

Flueggea suffruticosa

Not Evaluated

Rose Flea Beetle

Luperomorpha xanthodera

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium enclense

Not Evaluated

Tenacibaculum aiptasiae

Not Evaluated

Robertkochia marina

Not Evaluated

Tropical soda apple

Solanum viarum

Least Concern

Enteractinococcus fodinae

Not Evaluated

Weeping Toothcrust

Dacryobolus sudans

Vulnerable

Least Stinking Brittlegill

Russula subfoetens

Data Deficient

Least Water Lily

Nuphar pumila

Least Concern

Chinese chastetree

Vitex negundo

Least Concern

Foreign grain beetle

Ahasverus advena

Least Concern

Asian marshweed

Limnophila sessiliflora

Least Concern

Horn fly

Haematobia irritans

Not Evaluated

Ensifer shofinae

Not Evaluated

captain cone

Conus capitaneus

Least Concern

Staphylococcus gallinarum

Not Evaluated

tombstone coral

Coeloseris mayeri

Least Concern

Chinese Catalpa

Catalpa ovata

Not Evaluated

Micrococcus cohnii

Not Evaluated

Jersey Fern

Anogramma leptophylla

Extinct

Sickle Medick

Medicago falcata

Least Concern

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Not Evaluated

lesser valley coral

Platygyra acuta

Near Threatened

Aquimarina litoralis

Not Evaluated

Xanthomonas maliensis

Not Evaluated

Xanthomonas cynarae

Not Evaluated

Chinese banyan

Ficus microcarpa

Least Concern

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